Bedtime Spankings: Bent Over!

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I am a Pediatric Child Sleep Expert , Certified Lactation Counselor, and a mom of 7 children (+ 2 bonus sons) who has helped families for well over a decade to finally get a restful night's sleep. If he gets out once, close the door a bit, twice, a bit more and on the third attempt put up a baby gate or use a childproof door handle on his door so that he can’t come out. When my older kids were preschool age they got a swat here and there if they repeatedly for out of bed for the sole propose of delaying sleep. BabyCenter is committed to providing the most helpful and trustworthy pregnancy and parenting information in the world. We would work together to create a framework that fits your family so that you know exactly how to manage that last hour of the day.

It lays out the reality of what to expect when embarking on this journey and gave realistic timelines (157 times … 🙂 ) so that if it didn’t take that long we were pleasantly surprised and if it did, we weren’t disappointed! We discussed, dictated, threatened, bartered, good cop/bad cop'd and pleaded until mom (her turn tonight) and daughter got into bed and I went out to finish mowing lawn at 830 pm like a weirdo.We didn't expect to be down for as long as we have been and we're working tirelessly to get the site back up and running.

I think with a child that is already acting out violently, then spanking needs to be off the table completely (just my opinion). Jessica1997, did you ever get spanked when it was actually your sister talking after bedtime and not you? Staggering bedtimes can work well also, depending on whether or not your 3-year-old is still napping during the day. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. He needs sleep otherwise he’ll be spitting in our faces, beating us up and in turn getting a spanking or constant timeouts.

For some kids, especially those who have seen the ups and downs of their parents' efforts, the road to healthy sleep is a long one. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.